The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Palel, Manipur, India. c. April 1944. RAF Signals personnel at their dugout on the airfield near Imphal. At right, a man has a rough wash from a wash of water as he stands in front of a sandbagged and canvas-covered dugout. In the foreground a man holds a bamboo pole, preparing another dugout. In the background is a mobile trailer.
Palel, Manipur, India. c. April 1944. Personnel of No. 607 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF man defences of the squadron base near Imphal at sundown while the squadron dance band entertains them.
Palel, Manipur, India. c. 19 April 1944. Two members of No. 607 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF using a canvas bag and an aluminium bowl bale water out of a foxhole next to their tent at the squadron base nea
Palel, Manipur, India. c. April 1944. Almost thirty personnel of No. 607 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF manhandle one of their aircraft which had stuck in the mud at their base near Imphal.
Imphal, Manipur, India. c. 1945. An aerial view of the airfield.
Palel, Manipur, India. c. April 1944. A camouflaged defence post manned by personnel of the RAF Regiment at the base of No. 607 (Spitfire) Squadron RAF near Imphal. All that is visible are a .303 rifl
Ukhrul, Manipur, India. 22 March 1944. The town, taken from the air, with the road from Imphal, Manipur, India, in the foreground. Japanese forces used the road as an important communications link and
